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    Larry Lucchino has said repeatedly that if they find a signing that's worth the gamble, they will go over the LT. No need to overthink this. The 3/4 mill they overpaid Ortiz with are not the deciding factor on whether or not they will sign a pitcher. They would have had to go over the LT either way.
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    Fred, no one here knows the real motives behind offering arb to Ortiz, but assuming incompetence by the FO and better knowledge of these negotiations by you or your crew is awfully presumptuous. This is pure speculation. There are a number of scenarios that could have led to the arb offer, and most of them don't involve "Sacred cows" or "FO incompetence". Please.
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    If he gets 3/21, my head will explode.
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    What i mean is Saunders should be worse. On a one-year deal, he could be palatable as a #5 starter, but a three-year deal? GTFO.
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    This is an insult to Lackey, who was a far superior pitcher to Saunders when he reached FA.
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    There's really not much analysis to be made here: The Phils had the better ace, and the better pitching. The Cards got hot at the right time, and won it all because of the randomness of the playoffs. It is what it is.
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    You mean like the Phils, who had not one, but three "big dog pitchers" yet lost to the Cards?
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    I know it's a cliche, but it's true: The playoffs are a crapshoot. Once you get there, anything can happen. Just ask the 2006 Cardinals.
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    I don't get why everyone is so down on Doubront. He had injury issues last year, but he's still young and has good stuff. He could probably provide league average innings out of the five spot right now.
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    I don't get the "recognize the rebuilding year" rethoric and hyperbole. As it is right now, this team is capable of competing. An extra innings-eater would simply ensure a couple of question marks not having to go the Sox way as an obligation.
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    Nick Cafardo notes that both the Yankees and Red Sox are still in on Kuroda and Oswalt, but both teams are waiting for a big price drop in either of them. He also notes Oswalt would love to pitch for the Cards, but their rotation is set with Wainwright coming back from TJ. Good news for the ALE teams. I also noted that Rich "Eternal Promise" Harden is still a FA. I would like it if the Sox took a flier on him if he's cheap, and deployed him as a reliever/spot starter. His injury history is spotty, but he's worth the gamble.
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    SSS.
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    Thank you, kind sir.
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    Fred, i really appreciate your posts and the discussion with you, but the FrancoMa and Boy Blunder crap is really annoying and undermines your otherwise good ideas and posts. Would it be too much to ask for you to drop that? E1 already asked in another thread, and i agree with him.
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    ^This.
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    I love how during all of his career managing, two or three isolated cases of TLR criticizing players in the media as a last resort, or Sciocia's honest answer about a catcher's defense equate to bitching to the press about a player who hasn't played for you. Strong straws to grasp at. How about Ron Gardenhire (futility against the Yanks nonwithstanding), Joe Torre and no one has said anything about back-to-back WS appearing Ron Washington.
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    This.
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    How about Tony LaRussa, Bud Black, Ron Washington and Mike Scioscia? All good managers who do not throw the players under the bus. Also, lol @ the opinion article regarding a Phillies team that won 102 games.
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    I thought it logical to assume that avoiding drama was a good idea in a big market. Wait, it is logical actually. You don't see great managers pulling the ******** Valentine pulled. It certainly works for a guy like Manuel, who has a similar cast to the Red Sox. @Elkton.
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    Strawman at the ready. It's not about the phone call, it's about whining to the media. In 1967 the media did not have nearly as much prevalence or impact as it does now. Apples and spaceships.
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    Smart big-market managers avoid giving the media fodder as much as they can. Valentine is doing the opposite. It's really that simple. He can pull off the necessary no-nonsense rulings and call-outs without going to the media.
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    Valentine is running a baseball team, not a juvenile correction facility.
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    For the record, i've never sent the above dumb-ass a PM. Carry on.
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    One starter and a couple bullpen arms panning out, and the Sox are in the playoffs. After that, it's a crapshoot. Look at the Cards last year. They didn't even have the best pitching in their division, let alone league, but they got hot at the right time, and the rest is history.
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